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Today we urgently need sponsors to protectchildren like Onani.

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Onani, pictured, should be at home and in school.Instead he lives on a farmand herds cattle from sunriseto sunset for a meagre wage.

Nearly 30% of children workin Malawi. Many live with theiremployers. Separated fromtheir families, children likeOnani are vulnerable toexploitation and abuse.

Sign up today atwww.everychild.org.uk/sponsorshipEmail [email protected] or call 020 7749 2480

By becoming a Sponsor for as little as 50p a day, you’ll give life-changing help to children like Onani.

Give them a home rather than a job, a familyrather than an employer, love and securityinstead of neglect and abuse.

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Welcome to our winter edition of ChildWorld.Your support makes our work possible andthis magazine gives us a chance to tell youwhat we’ve been up to over the past fewmonths. We also report back on the

wonderful ways you have raised awareness and funds for ourwork with vulnerable children and their families.

This edition’s cover story, on page ten, focuses on children inresidential institutions. Growing up in a large institution has adetrimental impact on children’s mental and physicaldevelopment. Yet worryingly the number of children spendingtheir childhood in institutional care worldwide is growing. We believe every child has the right to grow up in a safe andcaring family which is why we support projects that establishalternative care for children so they can have the childhoodthey deserve.

On page nine we talk about the importance of our advocacywork. By carrying out and publishing research, lobbyingdecision-makers and raising awareness we reach beyond thechildren who directly benefit from our projects and make a farbigger difference.

EveryChild works in partnership with local organisations whooften have the most to contribute to vulnerable childrenthrough their expertise, hands on experiences and greaterunderstanding of local situations. With your support we havebeen able to form new partnerships over the past year, mostrecently in Nepal. Find out more on page six.

As you read this issue of ChildWorld please remember that ourwork simply wouldn’t be possible without your support. Thankyou for your kind gifts, time and commitment.

Anna FeuchtwangChief Executive

Cover photoDaniel is seven and lives ininstitutional care in Moldova.EveryChild is working to getchildren like Daniel out ofinstitutions and into the safetyand care of a family. Danielhopes to live with his motheragain soon.

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04 NewsFrom our work and our supporters

06 New heightsEveryChild in Nepal

08 A snapshot of our workEthiopia

10 Alone in a crowdThe rise of institutional care

12 Eva’s storyMoldova

13 Advocating for changeIncreasing our impact

15 Your supportYou help us change lives

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We worked with 55 partners in 15 countriesand with over 378,500 children living withoutparental care or at risk of being separatedfrom their families.

We started two new partnerships with localorganisations in Kenya and Tanzaniaworkingwith children living on the streets. We havealso begun supporting child domesticworkers with a new partner in Nepal.

We worked with the Georgian governmenttowards closing all the country’s largeinstitutions by 2012. This year we supportedthe closure of two institutions and boostedfoster care with increased payments andtraining for carers.

Beeban Kidron’s documentary Sex, Deathand the Gods, broadcast on BBC 4 in January2011, featured EveryChild’s work with families

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Thanks to your committed support the last yearhas been packed full of successes. Here are just a few of our highlights:

This year, thanks to your support,EveryChild protectedchildhoods byhelping over 126,900children stay withtheir families.

affected by the Devadasi practice in India.You spread the word about the film using ourmicrosite, Facebook and Twitter.

A worldwide debate marked the publicationof Positively Caring, a report exploring carefor children affected by HIV and AIDs. OurWestminster launch event was streamed liveon the internet and we received questionsfrom as far away as Rwanda and Malawi.

EveryChild’s year

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Your support really does transform the lives of children living withoutparental care and those at risk of being separated from their families.

You can read our latest Annual Review online atwww.everychild.org/annualreview.


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When National Cupcake Week came around Wing andLauren from Cake Vanity saw an opportunity to supportEveryChild through the sale oftheir favourite treats! We caughtup with Wing to find out moreabout her delicious idea. So Wing, you and your friends have beensupporting EveryChild for a while now – howdid you get started? I got involved inEveryChild through my friend Peter, who hasbeen a supporter for over 20 years. My groupof friends have hosted several events forEveryChild ranging from a drumming sessionto a tennis tournament.

How do you decide on your fundraisingideas?The events we have hosted havebeen based on our interests and hobbies. Webelieve it is important, not only to raise moneyfor EveryChild, but also to promote the charityand encourage others to help withfundraising activities.

How did you plan and promote yourcupcake sale? Lauren and I both work inbanking but also run www.cakevanity.co.uk.The website helped us promote ourfundraising and we sold cakes to our families,friends and colleagues.

Did you enjoy baking and selling all thosecakes? I have always been a passionatebaker. During cupcake week, we baked over200 cupcakes! It was very rewarding to seepeople’s faces light up when theybrought a cake and knewthat the money washelping EveryChild.

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busy day. It has helped having friends whoactively support EveryChild. We split tasks foreach event. Any challenges can beovercome – the events are fun and themoney is going to a great cause.

What are your top fundraising tips? Organise an event with friends, it makes iteasier to bounce ideas off each other andsplit tasks. And make the event fun – for yoursupporters and you!

Thanks Wing, and Lauren! The £420 raised through the sale of your cupcakes is enough to help 18 children leave a large-scale institution to live with a family.

Recipe for success!

Your passion can raise pounds for EveryChild!

For fundraising support and ideas call 020 7749 2490 or email supportercare@

everychild.org.uk.


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New heightsEveryChild in NepalEvery year in Nepal poverty drivesthousands of children from theirfamilies in rural areas and into thecities to earn money as domesticworkers. Parents hope their children’swages will boost the family incomeand city life will provide better accessto education. In reality, hugeworkloads make having time off forschool or visiting home almostimpossible. Working children can gofor years without seeing their familiesand some lose contact entirely.

EveryChild is now working in partnership tochange this. Thanks to funding from ComicRelief, EveryChild and a Nepaleseorganisation, Children and Women inSocial Service and Human Rights (CWISH),are working together to improve the livesof child domestic workers.

Our four year project will enable 1,150children to leave domestic work and return to their families. We also aim toprevent a further 1,350 children fromleaving their rural homes to work. Throughthe project we will work with the Nepalesegovernment to strengthen the policies thatprotect domestic workers and to lobby forbetter access to education in rural areas.Changing the attitudes of employers is also important. Without the demand foryoung domestic workers, desperatefamilies wouldn’t send their children

away as a means of survival. Mostimportantly, we will promote children’srights in vulnerable communities andchallenge the belief that domestic work is appropriate for young children.

EveryChild’s Programme Officer KatherineSargent visited Nepal earlier this year tosee some of the work we will be supportingin a remote rural area. She said,

One girl I spoke to said she had beenin Kathmandu for over ten years, solong that she couldn’t rememberwhere she came from and had nomemories of her family. This project willenable girls like her to be reunited withtheir families and support them to goto school so that they do not return todomestic work.

Every child has the right to grow up in asafe and caring family and every child hasthe right to go to school. TogetherEveryChild and CWISH will help vulnerablechildren in Nepal access their rights andenjoy the childhood they deserve.


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Areas EveryChild supports: Kathmandu,Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kavre, Sindhupalchok,Ramechhap

Life expectancy: 67.5 years (UK: 78 years)

Infant mortality: 51/1,000 (UK: 6/1,000)

% of domestic workersunder 18: 61

Number of child domesticworkers under 14 livingwith employers: 62,000

% of people living on lessthan 80 pence a day: 55

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Over the past seven years Mestawot and Afework have not onlycared for their younger brothers and sisters, they have alsotransformed their family’s fortunes. When the children’s parentsdied they were determined to stay together and off the streets,so they turned to EveryChild’s partner in Ethiopia, Forum onSustainable Child Empowerment, for help.

The financial and educational support the family received keptthe younger children in school while a business loan helped theolder children set up a vegetable stall. The stall soon becamesuccessful and the loan was paid off, but Mestawot and Afeworkwanted more than just survival for their family.

They built some houses on their land and began to rent themout; the increased income bought a delivery cart. The moneyfrom all their hard work paid for a second cart to rent out and forAlemnesh, 22, and 20 year old Yeshareg to train as accountants.With just a little help this enterprising family are now paving theway towards a positive future.

Pictured left to right: Netsenat, Afework, Daniel (8), Mestawot, Alemnesh, Yeshareg

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arge-scale institutional care has a hugely negative effect onchildren’s development. Beingcared for collectively means thatchildren do not receive theindividual attention and love

they should and, as a result, they maystruggle to form relationships or build selfesteem. Growing up without the stimulation,interaction and support of a family not onlyaffects children emotionally, it alsodamages brain development andcontributes to problems with physicaldevelopment, language and intelligence.Life in a large residential institution exposeschildren to infectious diseases, bullyingand, in extreme cases, abuse.

Yet across the world more and morechildhoods are under threat as children areincreasingly placed in institutional care.

This increase may reflect a desire from wellmeaning organisations or governments toprovide stable homes for vulnerablechildren. Many children in residentialinstitutions are not orphans as you mayexpect. Most do have families, but theymay be separated from them as a result ofpoverty or because their community islacking quality healthcare or education.

EveryChild is working to stop the rise ofinstitutional care.

We support families to tackle the problemsthat might cause them to be separated.

We promote alternative forms of care for children, such as foster care or smallchildren’s homes.

We work with governments to encourageincreased investment in children’s careand to change childcare policies.

We help improve the way vulnerablechildren are assessed so that they aren’t needlessly separated from theirloved ones.

Recently EveryChild’s work gave hope tothe hundreds of children still living inGeorgia’s large institutions. Along withother organisations we influenced thegovernment to commit to closing down all of the country’s large institutions by2012. This fantastic pledge has led to theclosure of two institutions over the pastyear and to many children and theirfamilies being supported and reunited.Where children are unable to return totheir families they are placed in foster careor in small children’s homes that give moreindividual care.

We also work with the government inMoldova to reduce the number ofchildren in residential care. We help bringseparated families together and supportthem to stay united. Recently wereorganised a large institution in Moldovaby integrating its facilities and services intothe local community. Vulnerable familiesnow benefit from social worker supportand day care.

We know that the care and security of thefamily makes all the difference in theworld to a child’s chances of having notonly a childhood, but a future. This is why,as long as there are children suffering inlarge-scale institutions, EveryChild willstrive for change.

Our recent reportScaling Downsummarisedinstitutional careissues and outlinedthe changes webelieve need to bemade in order to ensure that childrennever enter large institutions. Read our report atwww.everychild.org.uk/reports.

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Veronica is one of the foster carersEveryChild supports in Moldova. She cares for Eva, two, whopreviously lived in an institution afterbeing neglected by her parents.Veronica told us that when Eva firstarrived, “She was very quiet, didn’ttalk or communicate with anyone,and was withdrawn.” The trainingVeronica received helped herunderstand Eva’s needs. She says,“Now Eva loves to sing, dance, andsay poems.”

Veronica adds, “When childrencome from institutions they are notprepared at all for life. The bestplace for the child is in the family,they can experience family care.They see what a family is and what areal relationship is.”

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EveryChild’s vision is of a worldwhere every child enjoys theright to a childhood in a safeand caring family, free frompoverty, violence and

exploitation. There are 24 millionchildren currently living without parentalcare worldwide. Through advocacyEveryChild maximises the impact wehave on these children’s lives.

In 2009/10 EveryChild’s programmes helpedjust under 75,000 children living, or at risk ofliving, without parental care. In the sameyear, our advocacy work helped improvethe lives of an estimated 120,000 children.

To inspire and influence change, we shareevidence from our work with children without

parental care with governments and otherdecision-makers. We also capture ourlearning in research reports and makerecommendations or start debates bysharing these widely. The public get involvedby raising awareness or taking part incampaign actions.

These activities help us influence decision-makers locally, nationally and internationallyto bring about changes in policy andlegislation that impact on the lives of childrenwithout, or at risk of losing, parental care.Changes like new laws being introduced.Last year in Cambodia the governmentdrafted the country’s first Juvenile Justice Lawafter EveryChild and other organisationscalled on them to improve the way childrenwithin the legal system are treated.

EveryChild has helped transform thelives of thousands of children without

parental care, but there are millions morewho need support. It is only by working inpartnership with communities, organisations,governments and with children themselvesthat we will achieve change on the scalerequired. Our advocacy work aims to ensurethat the voices of children without parentalcare and their communities are heard bythose in positions of influence. We push forchanges that ensure children get theprotection and care they are entitled to. Wealso try to change attitudes and practiceswith the aim of preventing children everbeing without parental care in the future.

Nivi Narang, EveryChild’s Advocacy andCommunications Director

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Advocacy enablesus to reach out to many morechildren separatedfrom their families.

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There are lots of ways to get involved andmake a difference with EveryChild. Find out more atwww.everychild.org.uk/getinvolved.

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Time for changea volunteer’s story What attracted you to EveryChild? First and foremost I wasattracted to EveryChild for its devotion to protectingvulnerable children, an issue close to my heart. I was also attracted to EveryChild’s family-centred focus.

How did you support EveryChild’s staff while volunteering?By giving my time whenever possible to help withadministrative tasks such as data entry and keeping supporter records up to date. I also got the chance to beinvolved with longer term projects that will improve the way EveryChild talks to our supporters.

What was your favourite thing about volunteering? Theteam, and the charity as a whole, have been very welcomingand have allowed me to become involved with manyaspects of the work and procedures in use.

Before volunteering, what did you do? I had recentlygraduated from the University of Manchester and as I hope to work with or for children in the charity sector, and wasfamiliar with the charity’s work, EveryChild seemed theperfect place to get some experience.

Has your experience change the way you think aboutEveryChild? It has given me an insight into the work that goes into ensuring supporters are well informed about whatEveryChild does and helped me learn even more about their amazing work!

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Rosie at theEveryChild officein London.

One supporter combined her passion for helping vulnerablechildren and their families with a desire to gain new skills bytaking up a volunteer position in our London office. EveryChild isso grateful for Rosie’s support – she made life easier for ourvalued supporters and our Supporter Care Team too.


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A group of employeesfrom Futures for Kids(pictured above) turnedtheir usual commute

into a 35 mile fundraising walk from TunbridgeWells to the City of London. Starting at 6.30am the enthusiastic walkers strolled throughSevenoaks, Chislehurst, Greenwich andCanary Wharf before arriving, exhausted, in the City shortly after 6pm. Their mammotheffort raised a wonderful £45,000 forEveryChild’s projects in Georgia and other charities.

As an EveryChild corporate partner, Futuresfor Kids make a huge contribution to ourwork. They are a focal point for those in theFutures and Options Industry who want tomake a long-term improvement to the livesof vulnerable children.

In September, England’s firstNatural World Heritage Siteprovided a beautiful backdropfor the fundraising efforts of 12

enthusiastic Tokio Marine Europe Limitedemployees. The group took part in theJurassic Coast Walk, a 23 mile hike alongDorset’s spectacular coastline to raise moneyfor EveryChild work in Tanzania. Two days ofhard work hasn’t put them off fundraisingthough – the group are already planningtheir next EveryChild challenge!

Tokio Marine Europe Limited has been acorporate partner since 2007. Their wonderfulemployees have run the London Marathon,held cake sales, organised dress down daysand recycled their unwanted mobile phonesall in support of EveryChild.

EveryChild’s corporate partners have been using their feet to raise vitalfunds for our work. We’d like to say a huge thank you to all those whoorganise and take part in events for EveryChild.

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Find out more about how your company can get involved with EveryChild atwww.everychild.org.uk/corporatepartners or call 020 7749 2497.


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